Attorney-General's Department

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority, also called AGD

The Attorney-General's Department was one of the original departments established at Federation in 1901. It serves the Attorney-General's and the Minister for Home Affairs and provides policy advice and services to the Commonwealth in the following main areas: administrative, constitutional, civil, family and international law, international crime cooperation, Indigenous legal justice, law reform, bankruptcy estate administration and regulation, Commonwealth courts and tribunals, legal aid, native title, national and international human rights issues, censorship, criminal law and law enforcement, national security, emergency management, some aspects of customs and border control.

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Metadata retention scheme exemption
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Rodney Malone. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Waiting clarification.

Note to the applicant: It might be helpful to consider whether you can introduce any criteria that would reduce the number of discovered documents. Pos...
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child application outcomes
Clarification sent to Attorney-General's Department by Michael Cohen on .

Long overdue.

I have emailed [email address] directly with a revised request with a narrower scope of only detailed information regarding incoming and outgoing Ha...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   Please find attached the signed decision letter and document released in respect of your Freedom of Informati...
George Brandis' appointment diary for 20 Feb 2017
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Mark Newton on .

Long overdue.

On Feb 28 2017, you referred an FOI request from me to the Attorney-General's Office. Since then, I have not received any response pursuant to my...
Enterprise Agreement ballots - were employees informed of what data about them was used in the ballot?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to James Smith on .

Long overdue.

UNCLASSIFIED FOI17/066; 17/4330     7 April 2017 Mr James Smith By email: [FOI #3339 email]   Dear Mr Smith   Freedom of Information Re...
List of entities with access to telecom data
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by Craig Davis on .

Successful.

Thanks for your message, it does indeed answer my query. Best regards, Craig
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Attorney-General's Department to James Smith on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Smith Please find attached the document containing the information you requested from the Attorney-General’s department on 16...
Informal request for information
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Wayne Morgan. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Long overdue.

Thank you Mr Wayne Morgan for the extra information to rest my curiosity.
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Partially successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Jackson Gothe-Snape,   Freedom of Information request – FOI16/177   Please find attached the decision in relation to your F...
Are Australians in the Israeli Defence Force and Israelis migrating to Australia vetted for possible human rights abuses committed by them in the Occupied Palestinian Territories?
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Gareth William Smith on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Our references: FA 17/01/00801; ADF2017/7150   Dear Mr Smith,   I refer to your FOI request received from the Attorney-General’s...
Outcome of recruitment process 493127/AGD - First Assistant Secretary - Senior Executive Service Band 2
Follow up sent to Attorney-General's Department by JPK on .

Successful.

Thank you Yours sincerely, JPK
Repeal of the Australian Courts Act (1828)
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Wayne Morgan. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Long overdue.

For general informatoin see the Wikipedia page on the law of Australia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Australia ). The Australian Courts Act 9...
Removal of information from data retention FAQ web page
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Jon Lawrence. Annotated by Jon Lawrence on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

An image of the email received is available here: https://www.efa.org.au/main/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/AGD-copyright-FAQ-email-response.png cheers...
All applicable entities in relation to the Protective Security Policy Framework
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Christopher Flynn on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Flynn   Thank you for your e-mail of 17 November 2016 in which you requested the list that identifies all of the applicable...
Copyright legislation working group documents
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Brendan Molloy. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

I am very pleased to hear that the Attorney General's Department stopped asking Mr Molloy for the balance of $140 but I am not sure that this means wha...
Request concerning possible future encryption illegality
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ralph Wiggum on .

Waiting clarification.

For Official Use Only Dear Mr Wiggum, Freedom of Information Request FOI16/179 – Invalidity of request I refer to your request made to the Atto...
Airsoft Policy 210
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Mark Mildenhall on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Mildenhall,   Freedom of Information Request FOI16/135   Please find attached the decision letter for your Fre...
Freedom of Information request - DRIP Funding Application of Real World Technology Solutions Pty Ltd
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Skeeve Stevens on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED FOI16/130; 16/9739   25 October 2016 Mr Skeeve Stevens By email: Skeeve Stevens <[FOI #2220 email]>   Dear Mr Stevens Free...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Fairless   As requested in your email below, please see attached a copy of the current FOI delegations for the Attorney‑G...
Latest document on cases investigated under section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act
Response by Attorney-General's Department to EnergizerBunny on .

Successful.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Eliza   I am writing in response to your email to the Attorney‑General’s Department yesterday, in which you sought inform...
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in NSW,QLD, NT Station Cells in The Last Decade
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Ben. Annotated by Henare Degan on .

Successful.

Weird that the authority didn't just email the document but instead provided a link to the disclosure log. Here's a direct link to the PDF on the dis...
Dates and duration of consultation between the Attorney General’s Department and other agencies regarding the framework for the plebiscite on same-sex marriage
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Henare Degan. Annotated by Henare Degan on .

Successful.

I requested these documents because in this Crikey article https://www.crikey.com.au/2016/11/03/government-diaries-released-sort/ they correctly compla...
Theo Tavoularis
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Jeremy Cooper-Stout on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED FOI16/133; 16/9881   7 October 2016 Mr Jeremy Cooper-Stout By email: [1][FOI #2230 email]   Dear Mr Cooper-Stout Freedom o...
Summaries of Ministers' discretionary powers
Response by Attorney-General's Department to Simon on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Simon   Please find attached the signed decision letter regarding your Freedom of Information request FOI 16/136.   Yours...
ATO Decision on Banning FOI requests via Right to Know Site
Request to Attorney-General's Department by Evelyn Doyle. Annotated by Evelyn Doyle on .

Refused.

So it appears that the ATO did not seek advice from the Attorney-General or AGD in making their decision to refuse requests that come via the Right to...

Only requests made using Right to Know are shown. ?